Combined shovel and sifter.



L. H CEAMBBRLIN.

COMBINED SHSVEL AND SITER.

PyLxoATlmx mmm nrc. 21, 1908.

. 945,754. Patenea Jan. 11,1910.

Y i adapted 'to etliciently act in the douhle ca iiiiiTED STATES. PATENT oEEioE.

' LOUIS H. CHMBERLIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED SHOW/'EL AND SIFTER.

945,754.5 Specification of Letters Patent. Igilwit @d ,l gm, 1] 1911),

Applicationt filed December 21, 1908. Serial No. 468.596.

To all whom 'it may concern: l surface of the scoop 2. said socket forminor Be. it known that I. Loifis ll. Ciiixnuiiiportion heinoadapted to receive and si: LIN, a citizen of the United States. residinf lr eurely i-.oiil the lower eiid portion of the haii- Y at Chicago, county of Cook, and State oi"l die 3. Said scoop 2 is pi-'eteiabli' of the oi 5 Illinois, haw invented certain new and iise- 'i'eaieft depth at. the rearward portion thereful Improvements in a Combined Shovel oi. the saine decreasing iii depth toward its and Sitter, of which the followin; r is' a speeil forwarf't edge 'the iuoiitli ot said .st-oop betication. ing preferably substantially rertaiiuular in My invention relates to coiiihination iiiii shape. Provided at the iuoiilh `of said 65 i0 plements, and more specitically to that class l .si-oop. the `.saine hein;r securely fixed to the of the saine known as combined shovel and upper ulg-o portions ot' the side falls theresifter. Y et'. prceialily hv means of a hand t3 and The object of my invention is to proi'ide rivets passing through said hand and the :in implement of the character deserilied upper edge portion ot said scoop. the edge 70 portionsI of the saine :sting between said paeity of an' aslrseoop or remover and an -iipjiei edgeportion of .said scoop and said ash sitter. i hand. a preferably wire inesli or screen S. A further object of niy invention is to By si h construction a ridge. or upwardly provide an implement of a n-.itiii'e ineni extending flange 9 of :i width dependingr `75 tiuned which will he strong and durable., upon the width ot' the hand 6 is foi-ined simple of construction, hence of low cost to i around three of the edges of the siroop, as manufacture. l clearly sliowii in liig. 3. Said flange is of Other objects will appear hereinafter. i any suitable width. the saine being provided lith these objects in view, my iiiveniion i to prevent the displai'enient ot' the sifted par- 80 consists generally in a shovel of substantially i fieles or residue i'i'oui the niesh or screen ordinary design, to the upper edge of the when the iiiiplcuieiit is in use. The forward scoop or 'olado portion whereof is .semi-ed. a edge portion ol' the mesh 8 is scoured to the Wire inesii or screen entirelyy eoierin r the i forward edge 5 of the scoop. preferably by mouth thereof, one of the side walls oi' the I said scoop edge heilig doubled over said edge 85 scoop of said shovel being;v ningedly .sc-cured portion of ,said iut-sh. rivets 10 passing to the body portion thereof so as to facilitate through said scoop edge obviously facilitatvthe 1i( moral of the Sittings; from the siiop. lng :i :ctliic Connection between Suid paris. My inwntion further consists incertain Such construction is elearly shown in Fig. 4 details of 'construction and iii'iziugeiiieiii of of the :iceouipaiiy iii;r drawings. 90 parts all as will he hereinattef.' fiily deln order to facilitate the discharge of the scribed and particularly pointed out 'in the l .siftiiigs from the scoop, I form the saine with claims.'

. l a n'iovahle side wall 11, the upper edge there- My intention will he more readily uiideri ot' hing hiiigedly seein-ed as at l? to the stood by reference to the accompanying i edge portion 13 of the scoop. coil spring 95 40 drawings forming a part of this specilieal-i provided upon the edge portion 13 of the tion2 and in which, woop. the' opposite endportions l5 and '16 Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the prethereof respectively resting against the outer ferred form of uiy implement. Fi". :Z is :in surface of said scoop and against said swingenlarged side elevation thereof. Fig. I), is an ing side wall 10 thereof, obviously serves'in 100 enlarged sectional detail of the hinged side the capacity of norlnially holding said side wall of the shovel scoop, and Fig. 4 is an eii- 'i wall in closed position. Rigidly secured, larged sectional detail of the front and side preferably soldered. and upwardly and rearportions ofthe shovel scoop, illustratinf r the wardii.' extentliiig-tio1n said sti'ingiiis,Ir side means employed for securing the wire mesh wall of the scoop is an :iiin 17. Having its 105 thereto. .lower e.\treniity 1S secured to the upper ex- "teerring now to the drawings l indicates ti'eiiiity of the iiiin 17, the. .Canio passing a. shovel comprising a scoop forming porthrough eve screws 19' provided upon 'the tion 2 and a suitable handle 3, said scoop and handle 3 for the reception of the same, is a handle being secured together, preferably cord Q0, preferably of wire. 'lhe upper ex- 110 by means of a socket forming )ortion 4,' pi'otreniity of said cord, which preferably tervided upon, preferably riveteto, the under 'minutes adjacent to the upper grip 21 o the handh- IL i= preferably formed into a screen resting between the upper edge portion of the walls of said :scoop and a hand riveted to the latter. the edge of said Scoop, exceptingr the forward portion thereof. being extended above s: id crt-en. one of the side wall of said scoop being hingedly secured al its upper edge to the body thereof,

l Spring mean.`v adapted to normallv hohl said .-truction, it i. obvio that the removing" of the :vlies from a furnace or tore or the like Q and the Filling thereof will be ,greatly facilitated. uch operations by but one handling of the aehes.

\\`hile lV have shown what l det-1n to he the preferable forni of nrv implement'. l do not ui h to be limited thereto. as there. might struction and :u'rangenient ot' parta without hinged wall in clo ed po ition. an arni upwax-dl) and rearwardly projectingr from the rearward upper portion of v au`l swingingr side wall. a cord Vsecured to the.upper end ne' accomplished of said arin. and c ve screws provided upon t the shovel handle through which Said cord is adapted to pas# to the upper extremity of lsaid shovel handle. substantially as and for departin f r from the pirit of in v invention. i

llaving; described in v invention what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent is:

l. device of the class deherihed. comprisni; r a shovel, the scoop thereof being of t Q;radnal| increasing depth toward its rearyward end portion, a `-ereen arranged upon the upper edge ot' Said scoop` the edge of i the purpofze. speeilied. be nianv changes niade in the detail.; of eona. At shovel ol' the character described comprising a handle, and a'scoop portion` carried thereby, the latter having bottoni, back and aule walls. .U1-reen secured thereto inehnln lr troni the forward botton: edge of I the shovel upwardlyand rearwardlyv to prosaid scoop, excepting: the forward portionf thereof, boing extended above said screen, the upper edge of one of the side wallv of said scoop beinrgr hinggedlv secured to the body thereof, a coiled spring provided upon said scoop adjacent to the upper edge of the hinged wall thereof, Said spring being adapted to norxuall)Y hold Said hinged Side wall in closed position, an arm upvardlv and rearwardly` projecting from said hinged side wall, and a oord in operative conncetion with said arm whereby said swinging side wall ina v be actuated front the upper extremiti` of the shovel handle, substantially an described.

9. A device ot' the class described, conipri. iu r a shovel, the eoop theieof being of gradually inereaz-i1|g depth iov. ard its rear- .ward end portion. a screen arranged upon the upper edge ot' said scoop, the edge of said vide a Space between the screen and the bottoni, and a hinge connection for one o' the side walls permitting the Sante, to open to discharge sifted material from the side of the shovel when the saine is tilted latru'ally.

4, A shovel of the character de: r1bed comprisingr a handle, and a @coop portion carried thereby, the latter having bottom, back and side walls, a screen secured there to inclining from the forward bottoni edge of the shovel upwardly and rear\\ardl f to provide'a space between the screen and the bottom. and a hinge connection for the upper edge of one ol' the side walls permitting the salue to swing awa)- fron'x the bottom to discharge sif'ted material from the "-'i'le of the Shovel when the saine is tilted laterally.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this4 speeitieation in the presence. of two subscribingr witness-ics.

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